Hungarian Communist Party

The Hungarian Communist Party (MKP) was a communist political party in Hungary that existed from 1918 to 1948. The party was founded by Austro-Hungarian World War I veteran and journalist Bela Kun, and the party held power in Hungary from March to August 1919 under the Hungarian Soviet Republic. The party was driven underground after Romania invaded Hungary and deposed the communists, and the party regained power after World War II, with Matyas Rakosi emerging as its leader. In 1948, it merged into the Hungarian Working People's Party.